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1: Introduction
Computing power has grown tremendously over the years!

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Communication capacity has grown tremendously over the years!

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Why? ICs based on Silicon Microelectronics

(Gyroscopic sensor IC)

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What is so special about Si Microelectronics? 1. Very small transistors

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2. Very high density of integration

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3 and 4: Lots of functions with very high speed at very low price

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What do we plan to do in this course? - Understand what transistors do in operational level. - Learn how to use transistors for useful functions, mostly amplification.

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